sapient pearwood
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they/them, header: Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment), icon: Saint Cecilia (Guido Reni, 1606)
they/them, header: Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment), icon: Saint Cecilia (Guido Reni, 1606)
someone please tell me not to call in sick on Thursday to watch the gold medal women’s hockey game live, it’s at noon my time and ugghhhhh I wannaaaaa
#MilanCortino2026
#MilanCortino2026
February 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
someone please tell me not to call in sick on Thursday to watch the gold medal women’s hockey game live, it’s at noon my time and ugghhhhh I wannaaaaa
#MilanCortino2026
#MilanCortino2026
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: nobody’s doing it like Buckinghamshire Archives right now
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: nobody’s doing it like Buckinghamshire Archives right now
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"Now, to the plant!
We'll take the Spruce Moose!
Hop in!"
"But, sir"
"I said hop in."
We'll take the Spruce Moose!
Hop in!"
"But, sir"
"I said hop in."
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Now, to the plant!
We'll take the Spruce Moose!
Hop in!"
"But, sir"
"I said hop in."
We'll take the Spruce Moose!
Hop in!"
"But, sir"
"I said hop in."
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This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
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A computer can never have intention. But also—and this is crucial—a computer can never create something that's bigger, richer, deeper than it intended it to be.
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
A computer can never have intention. But also—and this is crucial—a computer can never create something that's bigger, richer, deeper than it intended it to be.
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"I love figure skating, that shit's awesome." -- Danny O'Shea, Olympic gold medalist
🇺🇸 Ellie Kam / Danny O’Shea #MilanoCortina2026
D: I had so much fun. I love figure skating, that shit's awesome.
I think we did a good job of being a little bit more calm and together. For the team event short, it was our first time on Olympic ice,
D: I had so much fun. I love figure skating, that shit's awesome.
I think we did a good job of being a little bit more calm and together. For the team event short, it was our first time on Olympic ice,
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 AM
"I love figure skating, that shit's awesome." -- Danny O'Shea, Olympic gold medalist
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Genuinely thought this was a shitpost (affectionate) before seeing the source
Fun facts that therefore might also be true:
- The 'pere' in 'ampere' is for Pierre from War and Peace
- The 'gram' from 'gram' is for Graham Norton
- The 'edw' from 'hundredweight' is for King Edward VII
Fun facts that therefore might also be true:
- The 'pere' in 'ampere' is for Pierre from War and Peace
- The 'gram' from 'gram' is for Graham Norton
- The 'edw' from 'hundredweight' is for King Edward VII
The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Genuinely thought this was a shitpost (affectionate) before seeing the source
Fun facts that therefore might also be true:
- The 'pere' in 'ampere' is for Pierre from War and Peace
- The 'gram' from 'gram' is for Graham Norton
- The 'edw' from 'hundredweight' is for King Edward VII
Fun facts that therefore might also be true:
- The 'pere' in 'ampere' is for Pierre from War and Peace
- The 'gram' from 'gram' is for Graham Norton
- The 'edw' from 'hundredweight' is for King Edward VII
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in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
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The OED's entry for the word 'chicken' includes the charming admission that it "has not been adequately explained" why 'chicken' is pronounced as it is, and not as 'chichen', which is what we'd expect from such a word in Old English.
February 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The OED's entry for the word 'chicken' includes the charming admission that it "has not been adequately explained" why 'chicken' is pronounced as it is, and not as 'chichen', which is what we'd expect from such a word in Old English.
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
peak cinema
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
peak cinema
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
catching up on the cursed men’s free skate and Ilia’s just up now and I know what’s going to happen and I am screaming into my blanket a little bit #MilanCortina2026
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
catching up on the cursed men’s free skate and Ilia’s just up now and I know what’s going to happen and I am screaming into my blanket a little bit #MilanCortina2026
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“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
My My Metrocard by Le Tigre youtu.be/7IhilcddEjg?...
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
My My Metrocard by Le Tigre youtu.be/7IhilcddEjg?...
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an old crow cartoon for you all
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 AM
an old crow cartoon for you all
album of the day: Breakfast In America by Supertramp. for when your local diner has been “discovered” by west siders
February 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
album of the day: Breakfast In America by Supertramp. for when your local diner has been “discovered” by west siders
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How dare they presume to know what would dazzle a penguin.
A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse visible in Antarctica
The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its glow.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
How dare they presume to know what would dazzle a penguin.
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hold on i gotta take this
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
hold on i gotta take this
watching women’s super-g and this mountain is eating these skiers ALIVE #MilanCortina2026
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
watching women’s super-g and this mountain is eating these skiers ALIVE #MilanCortina2026
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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"Okay, don't panic.
Remember what the instructor said."
"If you ever get into trouble
all you need to do is..."
"Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at all. Nothing at all."
"Stupid, sexy Flanders!"
Remember what the instructor said."
"If you ever get into trouble
all you need to do is..."
"Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at all. Nothing at all."
"Stupid, sexy Flanders!"
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Okay, don't panic.
Remember what the instructor said."
"If you ever get into trouble
all you need to do is..."
"Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at all. Nothing at all."
"Stupid, sexy Flanders!"
Remember what the instructor said."
"If you ever get into trouble
all you need to do is..."
"Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at all. Nothing at all."
"Stupid, sexy Flanders!"
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Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
Middle English Compendium
quod.lib.umich.edu
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...